Given are the two tables depicting the number of international students enrolling in schools in Canada and the United States in the years 2002 and 2003. Overall, it is evident that the total figures for the former nation were superior to those of the latter country. It is also readily seen that the quantities of students leaving their home countries to pursue these nations’ education were all on the rise, except the number of Indian students studying in the US.
Looking at the table indicating Canada’s data, apparently, Chinese residents showed their growing interest into Canada’s education, which was displayed by a surge of 45%, from 5,400 in 2002 to 7,850 students in the subsequent year. Following China, the USA ranked second in terms of the number of students studying in Canada despite experiencing a mere rise of 9%, from 5,000 to 5,450 students. The same trend was seen in the figure for Indian students with a 35% increase from 2,100, contributing to an overall growth in the total number which witnessed a rise of about 11,000 students to reach roughly 70,000.
In the meantime, in spite of seeing the approximately rising gap in the total number of students (around 11,000), the US underwent less noticeable changes. Specifically, the year 2003 saw a 9% decline in the data of the leading contributor, India, from 200,000 in 2002. Meanwhile, 6% and 7% were the growth rate of students from China and Canada, respectively. In which, the former recorded 116,600 students and the latter registered 33,170 in the year 2003.